Toy vehicle.



No. 779,353. PATENTED JAN. 3, 1905.

P. ERHARDT. 4

TOY VEHICLE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 23, 1904.

UNITED STATES Patented January 3, 1905.

PATENT OFFI E.

PHILIPP ERHARDT, OF ERLANGEN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO THE FIRM OF BECHMANN & ULLMANN, OF FUERTH, GERMANY.

TOY VEHICLE.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,353, dated January 3, 1905.

Application filed April 23, 1904. Serial No. 204,584.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIPP ERHARDT, manufacturer, residing in Erlangen, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Vehicles, of which the following is a clear description.

My invention relates to that kind of toy vehicles which seem to be moved by a movable figureas, for instance, a horsebut which are actually driven by any convenient motoras, for instance, a clockwork; and it consists in an arrangement for guiding the figure moved by the motor in such a Way as to reproduce as truly as possible the actual movements of the said figure.

In order to make myself better understood, I have represented on the accompanying drawing, by Way of example, a toy cab, one position of the horse and the driving mechanism being shown in full lines and another position in dotted lines.

The cab 60 has an immovable figure 6 (the coachman) and a movable figure c, (the horse.)

- The axle e of the wheels of the cab is driven from a clockwork f or the like by means of an intermediate gearing. The axle c is bent to form a crank g, whereon the connecting-rod h is linked, the other end of the rod being rigidly fastened to the movable figure 0. The cab is provided with a pole or with shafts c', on which the movable figure '0 is guided by a loop k, or two loops in the case of shafts, the loops being fixed on the figure c. The poled is inserted into the loop is with a certain play. The figure 0 rests upon a wheel Z, so that the loop 76 serves only for guiding but not for bearing the figure 0. When the axle and the crank g rotate, the figure c is moved by the connecting-rod it in such a way that it reciprocates horizontally as well as vertically. If no guide were provided for the figure, both of these movements would be equally performed, the rod it being not guided itself. By the arrangement of the loop I: the horizontal reciprocating movement of the figure c is not influenced; but the vertical reciprocating movement is limited to the amount necessary for reproducing the actual movements of the horse as truly as possible.

It is well understood that my invention can also be adapted to toys which contain instead of a horse any other animal or a man and instead of a cab any other vehicle.

Having now described my invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I

PHILIPP ERHARDT.

Witnesses:

ANDREAS STIGH, GEORGE E. BALDWIN. 

